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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-22
The WELCOME HOME.
When day has almost vanished,

When day has almost vanished,
And brightly sets the sun;
When six o'clock is striking,
And all the work is done;
/ fondly wander homeward.
My bosom brimming DER,
With joy when discover
Ths bright smile at the door.
At work what always cheers me,
What makes my spirits light,
When birds sing in the morning,
When stars are out at night
What guided all my visions
And makes my soul explore
Unnumbered happy valleys
The bright smile at the door,
Oh. where's the charm so certain
To lead the wanderer home
To guide his erring footsteps
Wherever he may roam,
That leads him ever homeward,
From every foreign shoreG
A memory e'er alluriug-
The bright smile at the door.
A gay and lovely welcome
May cheer the poorest meal,
A little word of kindness,
The sting from grief may steal,
And life to me is fairer
And sweeter than before,
Since | have learned TO look for
The bright smile at the door.
Oh, wives, wheI'er YOUR dwelling
However poor it seem,
You'll make of it a palace
More fair than man can dream,
1t you'll! remember
How much man sets store
By loves reward of labor
The bright smile at the door.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-22
THE NIGHT OF FIRE.

at is getting along near the an
niyersary of the fire." said an old
detective to Il representative OF the
: Herald. "Perhaps you'd like to
hear a story OF that fire that has
never been printed"
The reporter wheeled his chair
around nearer the CRATE where 4
piece of coal was bllzing pleasantly
and expressed Willingness TO lis
ten.
"WelI,n continued the old man,
am reel it off. It's good while
since then aud no harm Will be
done. | came into the possession
| of the facts some time ago aud
they're straight. A few days before
the fire Young man who was EN-
ployed in wholesale house OF that
day was found to be an embezzler.
His employers were at work on tue
case when the fire came and swept
everything away. Up to that Time
they had not fully decided what
course they would pursue. The
cashier, whom | will call Everett,
was an agreeable fellow. He had
wealthy relatives here and in New
York, and his wife was one of the
handsomest women | ever saw. In
fact, it was supposed hat it vas on
her account that Everett bad got
into trouble. She was fond OF
dress aud it was no secret that her
desire to shine ia society had led
him into expenditures that were
beyond his means. The possibility
that the defaulters relatives would
help him and the honest desire of
one of bis employers TO save him
from disgrace both contributed to
the delay which occurred in bis
pi osecutiOn.
"On the Saturday night before
the big fire a long consultation was
held at tue store between the lie
faulier, one or two of his friends and
two of the partners. At this con-
ference Encouragement was reached
and there was an intimatiOn that 1t
something was not done by Ever
ett's friends by Monday morning
the law would have TO take its
course. 1t was late when the meet
ing broke up aud the heavens were
bright with the reflection from the
first fire when the men came out on
the street. Everett did not go |
home directly. He first crossed the
river. took look at the fire few
minutes and then proceed 10 the
residence of friend in the neigh
borhood of Centre avenue. When
he recrossed the river and pursued
his way toward his own home OH
the north side it was long past mid
night.
aThat Sunday he remained at
home tor the greater part OF the
day. but toward evening he again
preceeded to the west side, had a
long consultation with bis friends,
and AT 10 o'clock started for home.
A new fire had broken out, and as
he reached the river he could see
from the bridge at Madison street I
thar il was as threatening a cOOfa-
grafton as the one that had preceded
It. Perplexed over his own great 4
trouble aud believing that nothing
could now save him from disgrace 4
and punishment, Everett walked /
lelsurely toward tie burning dis
trict. aud when near enough to OBJ
serve the operations OF the fireman.
Dausea aud took a survey Of tue
surroundings. Ii was evident that
the FIRE was already beyond control.
Great arms Of fame we're reaching
ont toward the North, and the spec
tator could see the path Of destruc-
ton widening every minute. When
The firemen had been beaten back
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-22

Posrofice open from an. to 6 pm
every day.
On Sundays open from 9 to loan. and
from to 2 pm.
Letters for register will be received
during the week IRON 8 \ m. till $3.50 p. m.
Ne letters registered on Sundays, nor after
hours on week days.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF NAILS.
Prom Soranfon--Auives at s:35 a.m. and
Ills pm. Departs at 9.la an. and
3.45 pm.
LeakesriIe Route---Arrives on Wednes-
davs and Saturdays at s pm. Departs
on Mondays and Thursdays at an.
A. BLUMER. p. N.
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POStO1Iice Hours.

The ~ owing are the postofice hours of the
Scranton postOiiice:
Open rom o'clock am. te pm. From 3o'clock
pm to g SPIN
Sun ay-Ofice open half an hour before and after
depaI ufe of mail trains.
Mrs. MARY G. LAIRD, P. NJ.
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Moss Point Directory.


VnufGnCS.
METHoDIsT-Rcv.J j. p. Drake, pastor,
Preaching every Sunday. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening.
PREsBYTERIAN- Rev. ID. o. Byers, pas
tor. Preaching every second and fourth
Sabbath at 1890 am. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at pm.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-22
state Omcers.

Robert Lowry Governor G. ID. Stands, Lien.
tenant Governor; Geo. NJ. GOvan, Secretary of
State; W. w. Stone, Auditor Public Accounts /
WIN l.. Hemingway, Treasureri T. Marshall
Miller. Attorney -Genetal; j. r. Preston, Super
intendent of PublicI Education G. W. Carlisle,
commissioner of Immigration and Agriculture.
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Justice Courts.

C. P.[Bowman holds regular terms of
Justice court at thecOurt-housc in ScraU-
ton on the first and third Saturdays in
each month.
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Ofioial pireotOrH jackson County.

Clerk of the Courts--W Walter NJ. Denny.
Sherif-JOhn e. Clark.
Treasurer-J. X. Mcleod.
Surveyor-E. w. Morrill,.
Assessor-E. r. Ramsay.
Co. Supt. Pub. Ed-Dr. II. L. Howe.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-22

Rev. G. +. Thompson, Methodist viii
preaeh at Ocean Springs, lst and "a sun
dat in each moRth at II an Biloxi, "a
sabbath at II am. aud JPN. handsDoro
an Sabbath 1t II IN. and pm
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-22
chancery Court Seventh Dist

SYLVANUS EVANS, Chancellor.
Jackson county, first Monday of March and Sep
tember continuing six days.
Harrison county second Monday in March and
September continuing six days.
Hancock county third Monday in Marcn and
September continuing six days.
Greene county, second Monday IN April and DC.
tober, continuing six days
Marion county, fourth Monday in. March and
September, continuing six days.
Perry county. first Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September, continuing six days.
Wayne county fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday of March and September continuing six
days
Clarke county, first Monday in May and NOvem
ber containing six days.
Lauderdale county, third Monday of May and
November, continuing twelve days.
Kemper county, second Monday in May and No
vember, continuing six days.
Monthly rules of Chancery COnrt on first Mon
day in each month.
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Tsoard of HeaIth. JacksOn 90.

S. s. Henry, president, Or. w a. Cox,
Charles Bosrer, J. w Stewart and w. S.
Dodson, ST. DR.. e. +. Griffin, port ply
sjciau
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THE COUR T S.
REGULAR TERMS
Circuit Court-SeVenth District.
SAMUEL H. TERRAL Judge.

Circuit Court-SeVenth District.
SAMUEL II. TERRAL, Judge.
JAS. II. NEVILLE, District Attorney
Clarke county, first Monday in February and
August continuing twelve days.
Kemper county, first Monday in March and
September continuing twelve days.
Laulerdale county first Monday in July and
January, continuing twenty-four judicial days if
business requires.
Wayne county first Monday in April and OetO-
Der, continuing six days.
Greene county, second Monday in April and Oc-
tober, continuing six days.
Perry county, fourth Monday of April and
October, and continue six days.
Marion county. first Monday Of May and No
vember and continue six days
Hancock county, second Monday of May and
November, and continue six days.
Harrison county, fourth Monday of May and
November, and continue six days.
jackson county, first Monday of June and De-
ember, and continue ak days.
, 1887-10-20

Ashburton Webster, the last male de-
scendant of Daniel Webster, died in New
York city Jan. 90, 1879. He was the
son OF Col. Fletcher Webster, who was
killed at the head OF his regiment in the
war for the suppression of the rebellion,
and was born the same year that Lord
Ashburton, his grandfather friend, died.
He was educated at the Naval academy
at Annapolis, but did not enter the navy.
Afterwards he studied law, but practiced
it very little, if any. Most of his life
was passed at Marshfield, which he in
herited from his grandfather, and where
he caught the cold that finally killed him,
when the old mansion was burned in 70.
Not a single ray of ancestral glory illu-
mined his uneventful career or frightened
its close. He simply exchanged the OBJ
security of life for the deeper obscurity of
death, and probably not 800 people in the
land knew that he had ever lived until
he had ceased to live. Ben: Perley
Poore's Letter.
, 1887-10-20

Persian writing is very difficult, and
even the most cultured people seldom
master it completely. The highest Off
GERS of state are not ashamed of practic-
ing, in their leisure hours, the art of ca
~ligraphy, and a good handwriting is
something to be proud of indeed. The
shah will show to this day, with pardon
able pride, a series Of letters he has sue
ceeded in forming exceptionally well. In
the Persian mind their early masters of
caligraphy rank side by side with their
tabled hero Rustum, and aver ahead of
their national poets. There are three styles
of writing in vogue-the kurance, the
nastalik and the shikaste-while the
shikaste-nastalik is a sort of business
shorthand composed of the two latter
styles. The kurance uses the characters
employed in the Koran, whence the
name, and is obsolete, as far as practical
purposes are concerned. The other two
styles show more flowing and graceful
outlines. The Persian has a delicate ear
for rhythm and prosody, and a mistake
in this respect rarely escapes him.-The
Cosmopolitan.
, 1887-10-20

The symptoms of biliousness are unhap.
PLY too well known. They differ in dit.
ferent individuals to some extent. A bill
ious man is seldom a breakfast eater.
Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent
appetite for liquids but none for solids OF
a morning. His tongue will hardly bear
inspection at any time; if it is not whit,
and furred, it is rough, at all events.
The digestive system is wholly out o.
order and Diarrhea or Constipation may
be a symptom or the two may alternate.
There are often Hemmorrhoids or aver
loss of blood. There may be Riddiness
and often headache and acidity or flatu
lence and tenderness in the pit of the
stomach. To correct all this if not effecl
a cure try Green's august Flotoer, it cost
but a trihe and thousands attest its efficacy
, 1887-10-20

A raven perched on the bough of q
tree croaks its harsh welcome. 1t does
not tell me what Poe's raven told him,
but / daresay the differences not in the
birds. Poe had a bad stomach. l have
mi that l need never insure. If Poe
had been healthier he would have been
happier. An old physician said to me
once: "Hell is an eternal govt" A
witty and venerable doctor of divinity
remarked in my hearing oil a certain &C.
casion: Health is heaven" He was
suffering from toothache at the time. l
wonder what the effect would be, morally
l mean, if everybody was healthy. Sup
pose the sick should all become well, the
weak strong, the. cripples be cured, those
dying from pains be delivered therefrom,
they without appetites become good eat
ers, the people with morbid tastes be-
come normal in their cravings-I won
der what would happen?-W. II. II.
Murray's Letter.
, 1887-10-20

1t is almost incredible the number of
times q robin redbreast will come and go
after berries, always with a great rustling
of leaves, and his alighting and departing
usually followed by a liberal scattering of
fruit on the ground, which he never
seems to think of picking up-wasteful
marauder-not only taking all he wants,
but actually spelling as much as he takes
away. Birds are probably responsible for
the existence of many Of the seed bearing
shrubs and herbs. They are seed distrib-
utoIs, conveying seeds further than the
wind can, that is, of the kinds that form
their favorite food. They SOW garget
where it is not welcome; barberries they
have scattered broadcast about their
ne~ighborhood chat to be set down in
their favor, and I suspect them of the
lovely service of increasing the number of
bushes of wild brier rose-the sweet brier
of eglantine Awake.
, 1887-10-20

Everything connected with tobacco is
in France the s~trictest of ~monopolies. The
government is the only grocer, the only
dealer, the only buyer and importer. the
only manufacturer. the only merchant
and the only retailer. Its agents. with
unlimited capital, are heavy purchasers
in the open markets of every tobacco pro-
ducing country. The weed is shipped by
the cheapest methods; the manufacture.
although of the highest grade of excel
lence, and directed by a board of scientific
chemists and others whose lives are tie
voted to the study of this one especial
plant, is so concentrated, and the whole
mercantile business so admirably man
aged, that although the government re-
oeives such enormous profits, the con-
ume a buy a better cigar and a better
smoking tobacco at the same price il
Paris than anywhere Ii the world.
For example, you can get an excellentiy
made cigar, guaranteed by the govern.
ment to be of good tobacco, for one cent
at any stand, the article sold and the
prices being the same at every dealers in
the country. This one cent cigar is in
appearance quite as good and in flavor
superior to any five cent cigar / ever saw
in the United States-which is, however,
not saying much-and one is sure of o
beng poisoned by some horrible chemical.
The next grade costs a cent INC a half,
the next two cents and the highest priced
cigar made five cents; this last is an ex-
cellent article, but if one wishes a better
the government will sell you cigars it
imports from Havana and which it guar
antees. OF these imported articles Paris
about $500, 900 worth yearly
e. j. Biddle in Globe Democrat.
, 1887-10-20

The sticklebacks are all great fighters;
and it may be broadly laid down once
more as a general principle of animal life,
and at the same time a contribution to the
theory of tittlebats, that all very hand
some and decorated creatures are natur-
ally pugnacious of disposition. Thus, stays
fight one another with their branching
antlers for the possession Of the does.
Salmon constantly join battle and tear
one another to pieces savagely on the
recognized spawning bed. the polyga-
nous ruff, distinguished from his sober
suited mate, the reeve, by his curious
crest, and by the great collar of plumes
from which his name is taken, is as full
of the Homeric joy of battle as a game
cock, and quite as gamy.
The wild Samaritan ancestor of our
own barndoor fowl 'tdoes battle in defense
of his seraglio till one of the combatantS
drops down dead" Black cock and
capercailzie assemble annually, at regular
tournaments, to fight one another, and
display their beauty before their expectant
and undecided DANES; and on such occa-
sions Kovalevsky has seen the snow of
their arenas in Russia all red with blood
and covered with the torn out feathers of
the champions. Most of the handsomest
birds and animals, indeed, are provided
with special weapons for these fierce en-
counters, such as the spurs of game birds,
the horns of antelopes, the antlers of stays,
the tusks of the musk deer, the wing
darts of the palamedia, and the fierce,
spiny fins of the most decorative fishes.
Even the dainty little humming birds
themselves are p~rodigious fighters, and 1
have seen them engaging one another in
their aerial battles with the utmost pluck,
vigor and endurance. Furthermore, beauty
in animals is almost always accompanied,
as DIR. Gunther has observed, by a very
hasty and irritable temper.-Popular
Science Monthly.
, 1887-10-20

When l was the doctors student he
was the surgeon to the board of police,
and as such was required to take care of
all police patients when they were under
arrest. He was required to treat all
policemen and all prisoners without
charge, but was entitled to fees from
those who went to the station house for
aid. One night he was out and l was in
the office alone, when an officer entered
and said: where's the doctor? There is
an Italian sailor down at No. -, who
is badly cut up. He walked in just now
and reported that he had been attacked
in a saloon. He is in a bad shape and
needs immediate attention. | grabbed
a few bandages. some plaster and a case
of instruments and started to the station
house. 1 found the fellow in bad shape,
but no bones were broken and no vital
part was injured. 1 soon had him all
fixed, except n wound in the side,
which had been made by a stiletto.
Just before | began to dress that one of
the policemen whispered that he had
plenty of money, and that if 1 made him
pay he would have less with which to get
into another row. Consequently / mildly
suggested that the bill would be $40. The
sailor swore that he would not pay, but
said il would be well to collect from the
man who had done the cutting. The
doctor entered as the man declined to
liquidate. He said nothing about money,
but asked me if 1 had fixed him up in
good shape. 1 informed him that he was
all right except that the stab wound
needed dressing. With that he asked to
look at it, and taking a curved probe he
inserted it in the wound and remarked;
Don't you think you had better pay the
fee?' ''Ale no paya centa, replied the
man; ''fella what cutta, he paya." But
the doctor had not the time to find that
fellow. Instead he twisted the probe a
trifle and again put the question. He re-
ceived the same answer as before, but it
was delivered in a much higher key.
Again the probe was turned, this time
with a slight w%renching motion. Great
Scott You ought to nave heard that
Italian yell. The expletives which he
poured out could not be reproduced. But
the last portion of his remarks were en-
tirely satisfactory. Take it outa," he
yelled; "takeit outa. Ave Martial Ipaya
anything" He paid. Baltimore Amer
lean
, 1887-10-20

Many overworked Americans, mer-
chants as well as doctors, will appreciate
the following anecdote of DIR. Matthew
Baillie, a celebrated Scotch physician.
Fol many years he was accustomed to
devote sixteen hours a day to business, a
burden of labor which necessarily told
upon his health, and was the cause of a
painful irritability of disposition. Con-
scious of this tendency, he tried to IN
troll it.
Frequently, when sitting down to table
after a day of fatigue, he would hold up
his hands to his family, who were pre-
pairing to welcome him, exclaiming:
Don't speak to mel" and then pres
emily, after taking a sip from his glass
and clearing the cloud from his brow, he
would look round with a loving smile
and say: you may speak to me now"
He was usually very courteous and in
dulgent to his patients, but his i~rritability
sometimes got the better of him.-Youth's
Companion.
, 1887-10-20

DIR. Hclub, the African explorer, after
being plundered by savage tribes, has ar
rived In England with his collection.
This collections wreck only of what
was gathered by the industrious explorer
fills lat cases. In it there are COZ
skins of quadrupeds ready for stuffing,
of which seventy are animals as large as
the koodoo-an antelope heavier han the
red deer; Of birds there are 2,221 speci-
mems, of insects 81, 900, including $1,000
beetles and 5000 moths and butterflies.
There are also $500 specimens of plants.
There are LOGO recorded observations in
me~tcorology, and moro than that number
of the measurements of elevations
Chicago News.
, 1887-10-20

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, ply
ing between Atlantic City and N. Y, had
been troubled with a cough so that he was
unable to sleep, and was induced to try
Or. King New Discovery for Consump
ton. 1t not only gave him instant relief.
but allayed the extreme soreness in his
breast. His children were similarly af
fected and a single dose had the same
happy effect. DR.. Kings New Discovery
is now the standard remedy in the Cole
man household and on board the schooner
Free trial bottles of this standard remedy
at w. n. Hunts drug store.
, 1887-10-20
Farming by Gaslight.

Howard county farmers residing in the
vicinity of the great Shrader gas well,
near Kokomo, Ind, go on record as har-
vesting the first wheat by natural gas
light. A dozen self binders and men
shocking wheat was truly a novel scene,
which was witnessed by hundreds Of peo-
pie, who surrounded the fields of grain
in carriages. The constant roar of the
Shrader well can be distinctly heard eight
miles away, while the light can be plainly
seen at Burlington, fifteen miles west Of
here. The estimated flow of gas from
this well is 10, 600, 900 cubic feet every
t~wenty-four hours. Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
, 1887-10-20
Interesting to AntIquarian..

The Russian Novosti states that some
stones bearing Syrian inscriptions have
been discovered in Semiretchinsk, and
that NJ. Khvolson, corresponding men,
Der of the Academy of Sciences, has
just written a monograph on those Of
them hat have been d~eciphered. They
are said to be the only Syrian inscriptions
yet discovered outside Mesopotamia, and
they may be traced to the HISTORIANS who
traversed Contra Asia and established
themselves OIL the confines of China
Home Journal.
, 1887-10-20

The sensibility of thermometers varies
greatly. If the capacity of the reservoir
is large, compared with the bore of the
tube, a slight change of temperature will
materially affect the height of the mer-
curial column. If small, and the glass
bulb is thin, the mercury contained in it
will be more rapidly affected than if a
large amount were to be acted upon. A
cylindrical reservoir is better than q
spherical one, because it exposes a larger
surface. Chicago News.
, 1887-10-20
UvERC0ATS y

Our display of Overcoats this season is
larger and more varied than ever. We
can supply you with a light weight coat
for cool evenings for So. 90, $1,000, $1,000
and up to $500. We have medium
weight coats at all prices. and regular
storm turner's from 600 to $4,000. We
lave had several styles made to order es
pecially adapted to mountain wear and
for rough usage.
Our So 90, So 90. $I2 90 and $500
Business Suits please every person who
1nspects them. They are great bargains.
We have a large mail order trade, and
it is increasing all the time. Non-resi-
dents find they can trade with us most
satisfactorily by letter.
Catalogues, samples and prices sent ON
application.
, 1887-10-20

II is said that ones turn to be killed on
Tie English railways does not come till
1857, $50 journeys have been made.
That is to say, that that proportion of
journeys has been made during the past
year to each person who has been killed;
725, 5S4, 800 journeys were made last year
and only ninety-five passengers were
killed.-Chicago Times.
, 1887-10-20

In the combinations proportion and pre-
paration of its ingredients. Hoods Sarsap-
arilla accomplishes cures where other pre-
parations entirely fail. Peculiar in its
good name at home, which is a tower of
strength abroad, peculiar in the phenome-
nal sales it has attained, Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla is the most successful medicine for
purifying tho blood, giving strength, and
creating al appetite.